Garment stay or spring.



M. M. BEEMAN.

GARMENT STAY OR. SPRING,

AIPLIGATION rum) NOV. 5, 190a.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

WITN ESSES COLUMHXA PLANOHRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, n, c.

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS M. BEEMAN, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA COMPANY, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT STAY OR SPRING.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAnoUs M. BEEMAN, a resident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment Stays or Springs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire springs and more particularly to springs for use garment stays and the like.

The object is to provide a spring which is perfectly yielding in all directions, which is so constructed that the bending stresses are not confined at any point or points so as to avoid crystallization and breakage, and which is practically perfectly elastic so that it will not take a permanent set.

The invention comprises a spring as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a face view of a garment stay embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section there-through; Fig. 8 is an edge view of .the same; Fig. 4 is a face view of a modification; Fig. 5 is a view of a portion of the stay with its inclosed casing; Fig. 6 is a view showing the stay provided with a clasp; Fig. 7 is a face view of still another modification, and Fig. 8 is an edge view of a modification.

The stay is formed from a continuous wire which is bent to form in succession two parallel series of closed eyes or coils 2, each being in excess of one complete turn of the wire. and the ends of the coils being joined by the intermediate portions 3. The coils cu one edge are coiled in one direction and those on the opposite edge are coiled in the opposite direction, so that the intermediate portions 53 extend somewhat diagonally across the stay, but this is not essential. The coils themselves are twisted out of the plane of the stay, so that when the stay is contracted endwise the several coils will pass one over the other. The coils on one side may be tilted in one direction and those of the other side tilted in the opposite direction, as shown in Fig. 8, or those on the two sides tilted in the same direction, as shown in Fig. 3. This not only enables the coils to overlap when the spring shortens ut also gives a greater thickness to t e st y Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 5, 1908.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Serial No. 461,227.

thus giving greater strength to flatwise bending. The stay can be made either with the coils on each side edge slightly overlapping as in Fig. 7, or with slight spaces there-between as in Fig. 1, or with quite material spaces there-between as in Fig. 4. The stay is preferably concaved longitudinally, or has the transverse portions otherwise deflected from the plane of the stay as shown in Fig. 2. This increases the stiff ness of the stay and also prevents the same from taking a permanent set when bent flatwise. The ends of the stay is finished with the usual sheet metal tip 5, and is inclosed in the usual casing 6 which usually forms a portion of the fabric of the corset Or other garment. To adapt it for clasps it will be surrounded with a sheet metal clip 7 to which is secured a plate 8 provided with the usual key-hole slot 9 adapted to receive a stud 10 carried by a similar clip on the other clasp member.

The stay described is easy to manufacture and is perfectly flexible in all directions. The coils at the edges of the stay and forming the ends of the loops, so to speak, allow for great flexibility to edgewise bending.

If desired, a plurality of wires may be used in place of the single wire described.

What I claim is:

1. A garment stay comprising wire bent to form two series of closed eyes or coils forming the edges of the stay, each eye or coil being in excess of one complete turn of the wire, and transverse portions con necting the ends of oppositely disposed coils, the coils being tilted in the plane of the stay, those on the two edges being tilted.

in opposite directions, whereby when the stay is flexed said coils can slide over each other.

2. A garment stay comprising wire bent disposed closed eyes or coils and transverse I In testimony whereof, have hereunto set crossings connecting said eyes or coils, each i my hand. of said eyes or coils bein in excess of one 1 1 complete turn of the Wire and tilted in the I MARCUS Witnesses l J. H. Penman l E. E. FOWLER.

plane of the stay, adjacent eyes or coils l0ngltuclinally of the stay slightly overlapping each other.

(luples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

